A Guided Tour – Villages and Churches Divided
10 am – 3 pm, August 14, 2010
Led by Don Papson, President of the North Country Underground Railroad Historical Association (NCUGRHA), this walking and driving tour of the villages of Keeseville and Peru will include historic anti-slavery sites and voices from the past including: Frederick Douglass’s thoughts on slave owners when he lectured in the Keeseville village in 1843; former Plattsburgh slave Ben Lewis’s dying wish for a suit in which to be buried; Wendell Lansing’s anti-slavery resolution which divided the Baptists; and the charge “Disunionist!” which prevented black abolitionist lecturer Charles Lennox Remond from being heard in Keeseville. The tour will include stops at several anti-slavery and Underground Railroad sites once owned by members of the Keese family in the village of Peru. Bring a lunch, walking shoes and an umbrella. The tour will start at the Ausable Grange Hall, Main St, Keeseville, NY. $30 NCUGRHA Members. $40 Non-Members. Tour group limited to 20 people. To register call Helen Nerska at 518-643-0938 or email allenhomestead@gmail.com
Sponsored by the North Country Underground Railroad Historical Association
Posted: July 18th, 2010 under Congressional News.